Indians Prospect Insider

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round two of the Stadium Region. With four matchups involving eight players, four will move into the Region Semi-finals and four will go home. Some of the remaining names in this region include Tribe favorites such as Charles Nagy, Mel Harder, Joe Carter, Luis Tiant and others.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round two of the Municipal Stadium Region. With four matchups involving eight players, four will move into the Region Semi-finals and four will go home. Some of the remaining names in this region include Tribe favorites such as Larry Doby, Early Wynn, Omar Vizquel, Hal Trosky and Gaylord Perry.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round one of the Jacobs Field Region. This region featured Tribe favorites such as Bob Lemon, Greg Swindell, Ken Keltner, Earl Averill, Kenny Lofton, Lou Boudreau and others.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round one of the Progressive Field Region. This region featured Tribe favorites such as Ray Fosse, Rick Sutcliffe, Elmer Flick, Bartolo Colon, Bobby Avila, Manny Ramirez, Ray Chapman, Sam McDowell, Shoeless Joe Jackson and others.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round one of the First Energy Region. This region featured Tribe favorites such as Tito Francona, Carlos Baerga, Albert Belle, Joe Sewell, Vean Gregg, Vic Wertz, Al Rosen and others.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round one of the Quicken Loans Region. This region featured Tribe favorites such as Tom Candiotti, CC Sabathia, Joe Gordon, Herb Score, Graig Nettles, Addie Joss, Stan Coveleski and others.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round one of the Dunn Field Region. This region featured Tribe favorites such as Dennis Eckersley, Sonny Sibert, Rocky Colavito, Cliff Lee, Buddy Bell, Tris Speaker, Bob Feller and others.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round one of the League Park Region. This region featured Tribe favorites such as Minnie Minoso, Andre Thornton, Travis Hafner, Grady Sizemore, Bert Blyleven, Jim Thome, Nap Lajoie and others, and once again there were a few surprising upsets in the first round.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round one of the Stadium Region. This region featured Tribe favorites such as Victor Martinez, Joe Carter, Asdrubal Cabrera, Toby Harrah, Charles Nagy, Travis Fryman, Mel Harder, Robbie Alomar, Luis Tiant and others, and a few of them are out of the tourney after a first round exit.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with the results from the matchups in round one of the Municipal Stadium Region. This region featured Tribe favorites such as Omar VIzquel, Hal Trosky, Brett Butler, Shin-Soo Choo, Larry Doby, and Gaylord Perry, and a few of them were ousted in early round upsets.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with a look at the Progressive Field Region. This is the final region to be previewed before this tourney tips off, and features the likes of Bob Lemon, Greg Swindell, Ken Keltner, Earl Averill, Juan Gonzalez, Kenny Lofton, George Uhle, Joe Charboneau, Lou Boudreau and others.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with a look at the Progressive Field Region. The winner of this region draws the winner of the Jacobs Field Region, and features the likes of Ray Fosse, Rick Sutcliffe, Dennis Martinez, Elmer Flick, Bartolo Colon, Bobby Avila, Ray Chapman, Manny Ramirez, Sam McDowell and Shoeless Joe Jackson.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with a look at the First Energy Region. The winner of this region draws the winner of the Quicken Loans Region, and features the likes of Tito Francona, Carlos Baerga, Albert Belle, Joe Sewell, Vean Gregg, Al Rosen and others.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with a look at the Quicken Loans Region. The winner of this region draws the winner of the First Energy Region, and features the likes of Jhonny Peralta, Tom Candiotti, CC Sabathia, Joe Gordon, Herb Score, Graig Nettles, Addie Joss, Stan Coveleski and others.

The IBI Tribe Madness tournament pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with a look at the Dunn Field Region. The winner of this region draws the winner of the League Park Region, and features the likes of Dennis Ecklersely, Sonny Siebert, Rocky Colavito, Cliff Lee, Buddy Bell, Tris Speaker, Bob Feller and others.

Our tournament preview pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with a look at the League Park Region. The winner of this region draws the winner of the Dunn Field Region, and features the likes of Nap Lajoie, Andre Thornton, Grady Sizemore, Bert Blyleven, Jim Thome, Travis Hafner, Jim Bagby and others.

Our tournament preview pitting the 128 greatest Indians players of all time against one another in an NCAA basketball-like tournament continues with a look at the Stadium Region. The winner of this region draws the winner of the Municipal Stadium region which was previewed on Friday. This is a fun way to take a trip down memory lane with some former Tribe greats!

So how does one pit a player from the 1940's against a star from the 1920's or 1990's and how do you have a pitcher compete with an outfielder? Well you can't - at least not in real life - but you can in the fantasy world of OOTP baseball. And that's what IBI history buff Rick Lamborn did to determine the best Indians player of all time with a gigantic 128-player tournament. He explains the tournament and previews the first round in his latest....

Right now as we prepare for this year's wild card one-and-done games or even one-and-done tiebreaker play in games, it's interesting to note that the Indians are not foreigners to this experience (while most of us may not remember). IBI history guru Rick Lamborn takes us down memory lane to 1948, the last year the Indians won a World Series, and recalls how the Indians had to go to Fenway for a one game playoff to determine the AL pennant and get into the playoffs.

The year was 1871. The country was in the shadow of the Civil War and General Grant was in the White House and what some consider the first Major Leagues was founded. The Forrest City Blue Stockings debuted and featured some of baseball's greats such as Deacon White, and IBI history guru Rick Lamborn takes us for a trip down memory lane on how that first season of Cleveland baseball went.

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